A conference promoting Shanxi tourism was held in Qingdao, a port city in Shandong province on Dec 6, as Shanxi continued its tourism promotion events across China.
Shanxi plans to build its provincial capital, Taiyuan, into a city with an events-based economy driven by meetings and expos and host more than 150 exhibitions each year by 2020.
Focusing on seeking economic development and boosting innovation in Shanxi, a summit on the economy took place at Shanxi University of Finance & Economics on Dec 3.
More than 100 startups have set up businesses in Shanxi College Students Pioneer Park in Taiyuan since the end of November, creating positions for some 300 people.
Shanxi authorities met with a delegation from Alibaba Group, the largest e-commerce giant in China, in Taiyuan on Dec 2 to discuss further cooperation in IT and e-commerce.